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In these homes, confidentiality was a priority due to the social stigma around unwed births and the policies reflected the adoption laws and practices of the time. From these settings grew many of the narratives around maternity homes that continue to this day (e.g. women forced into adoption ; preventing birth mothers from seeing their new ...
Maternity homes have seen a resurgence in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Christian anti-abortion advocates want to open more of these transitional housing facilities ...
Berachah Home dedication service, May 1903. The Berachah Industrial Home for the Redemption of Erring Girls was a facility for unwed mothers in Arlington, Texas.Rev. James T. and Maggie May Upchurch opened the home on May 14, 1903, and it took in homeless, usually pregnant, women from Texas and the surrounding states.
The Salvation Army Women's Home and Hospital, now The Salvation Army's Booth Brown House, is a 1912 brick Tudor Revival style building designed by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The Salvation Army originally used it to
She was 17 in 1966 when her parents sent her to a Washington, D.C., home run by Florence Crittenton, a large chain of maternity homes started by Progressive-era Episcopal reformers.
Laurelton warehoused women regarded as difficult daughters, troublesome wives and unwed mothers. For Leary, writing “The Foundling” was a way of exploring this nation’s history — but also ...
Crittenton, Inc. was the product of a merger between two pioneering women’s rights societies of the late 19th century; the Boston Female Moral Reform Society and the Florence Crittenton Home. [1] Both organizations had similar goals in assisting poor and unwed mothers and ultimately worked together to help these women achieve economic ...
The Louise Home Hospital and Residence Hall was built in 1925 on a 17-acre (6.9 ha) plot of land in Gresham due to an increased need for boarding and medical care for unwed pregnant women, single mothers, and children. [1] The Louise Home was the center of the campus, housing unwed young women, though additional buildings served as the ...